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ضَحْك
laughter /ˈdˤaħk/
nounB1#2668 most common
Also: laughing, a laugh
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ الضَّحْكَ.
I love laughter.
ضَحْكُهُ عَالٍ جِدًّا.
His laughter is very loud.
سَمِعْتُ صَوْتَ ضَحْكِهَا مِنْ بَعِيدٍ.
I heard the sound of her laughter from afar.
لَا يُمْكِنُنِي كَتْمُ ضَحْكِي عِنْدَمَا أُشَاهِدُ هَذَا الفِيلْمَ.
I can't hold back my laughter when I watch this film.
انْفَجَرَ ضَحْكُ الأَطْفَالِ فِي الفَصْلِ بَعْدَ نُكْتَةِ المُعَلِّمِ.
The children's laughter burst out in the classroom after the teacher's joke.
كَانَ ضَحْكُهُ المُتَقَطِّعُ يُخْفِي وَرَاءَهُ حُزْنًا عَمِيقًا لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَحَدٌ إِدْرَاكَهُ.
His broken laughter hid behind it a deep sadness that no one could perceive.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ضَحْكٌ | ضَحَكَاتٌ |
| Genitive | ضَحْكٍ | ضَحَكَاتٍ |
| Accusative | ضَحْكًا | ضَحَكَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا ضَحْكُ | يَا ضَحَكَاتِ |
Word family
ضَحِكَto laugh
ضَاحِكlaughing
مُضْحِكfunnyإِضْحَاكthe act of making someone laugh
ضَحْكَةa laugh, one instance of laughing
Etymology
Ḍaḥk comes from the triliteral Semitic root ḍ-ḥ-k, meaning to laugh. It is the masdar, or verbal noun, of the verb ضَحِكَ (ḍaḥika), following the common faʿl pattern used to turn an action verb into an abstract noun. The root is old and stable across Semitic languages, with no known link outside that family.
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